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Prisoners of the American DreamCAMBRIDGE – Given worsening economic inequality in the United States, many observers might assume that Americans would want to reduce income differences by instituting a more progressive tax system.

Brazil should have been downgraded below investment grade last year, as the economy struggled with a widening fiscal deficit, a growing economy-wide debt burden, and a weak and worsening business environment.

It was used to describe Obama’s new American diplomacy, particularly with regard to Iran, at least until the disputed elections in Iran last summer and the worsening domestic crisis that has ensued.

Another is economic inequality, which seems largely to be worsening, as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated at the top of the income distribution.

But income inequality was worsening steadily in all member countries, with more highly educated citizens benefiting from the booming services industry, while the less educated suffered as manufacturing moved to cheaper locations.

With increased transaction costs, worsening solvency for the system, increased budget deficits, and decreasing benefits and security for retirees, why the drive for privatization?

And the worsening situation in the Middle East has, of course, played a key role in this, particularly the shocking images from Gaza.

One key trigger of the Arab Spring uprisings – rising food prices – was directly connected to the region’s worsening water crisis.

Feeble at best, they have invariably avoided the type of structural changes Pakistan needs if it is ever to break out of its recurring, worsening crisis.

Alert to a worsening tradeoff between inflation and unemployment, Keynesian policymakers tried to sustain the boom through incomes policy – controlling wage costs by concluding national agreements with trade unions.

By contrast, Israeli or American military action against Iran would risk worsening the situation, prolonging and intensifying the suffering in this very sensitive region of the world.

Now that employers have new tools for recruitment and assessment, they may find low-skilled workers easier to replace, potentially worsening income inequality in the short run.

Indeed, the worsening banking crisis, with deposits fleeing from the eurozone periphery, is further strangling Europe’s growth prospects.

But both the problem and its worsening reflect a toxic combination of deep-seated hostility and persistent neglect.

In Asia, increased rainfall and worsening tropical cyclones will wreak havoc on food production, driving down rural incomes.

Relatively slow growth in the money supply also led to deflation, worsening the problems of bad debts.

These attacks are worsening and expose the limits of Thaksin's electoral revolution, for although the prime minister's party appealed for a popular vote, it lacks a mass membership base.

Making matters worse, the IMF still forces most countries that turn to it for help to raise interest rates and lower spending, worsening the downturns.

While it has been making slow but steady progress, its future is clouded by worsening water shortages; though it straddles the Yellow River, the water table is dwindling fast.

Yet, in facing a worsening problem of home-grown terrorism, Western countries are often unaware of this radicalization process.

The global economy will do better if the major countries – each afraid to undertake fiscal expansion on its own, for fear of worsening its trade balance – agree to act together to pull it out of recession and up to speed.

And, “Congress and the Trump administration should also use fiscal policy prudently to maintain strong growth and employment” – even though “the worsening federal budget deficit … will unfortunately further handcuff” efforts in this direction.

With the financial crisis worsening, the London summit in 2009 agreed to unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus and backed a stronger, more coherent regulatory and supervisory framework worldwide.

The crackdown on freedom of the press, the rule of law, and electoral processes in Venezuela – as reported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and, most recently, in a damning, 300-page report by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission – has been steadily worsening.

In recent weeks, China announced a 12.6% increase in its defense spending;America’s CIA director, Porter Goss, testified about a worsening military balance in the Taiwan Strait; and President George W. Bush pleaded with Europeans not to lift their embargo on arms sales to China.

Grounding Syria’s KillersNEW YORK – As Syria has descended into all-out civil war, much of the worsening slaughter has been attributable to aerial bombardments of urban neighborhoods that President Bashar al-Assad’s opponents control, with such attacks causing especially high casualties in recent weeks in the ancient city of Aleppo.

They point to worsening income inequality, as images beamed worldwide from post-hurricane New Orleans illustrated all too clearly.

By delaying restructuring, such policies may aggravate the fall in profitability, share prices, and the currency, worsening unemployment.

In the days that followed, tens of thousands gathered in downtown Tunis to celebrate their deliverance from years of stagnation and uncertainty, caused by Bourguiba’s worsening senility.

Soil nutrients are being depleted, soil moisture is falling, temperatures are rising, and disease pressures are worsening.

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